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Maximus

Posted 08 June 2018 - 03:54 PM

Zaphod

Posted 08 June 2018 - 04:08 PM

Zaphod

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Politicians are generally incredibly out of touch with technology and internet culture. This is clear not only because the laws they try and pass are ridiculous, but normally completely unfeasible. It's like Theresa May trying to introduce a internet regulatory framework - they clearly have no idea how any of it actually works. A politicians idea of being internet-savvy is just being active on twitter or social media.

wjfox

Posted 09 June 2018 - 06:46 AM

wjfox

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This will simply never work. Memes are so central, fundamental and ubiquitous, banning them would trigger the biggest online rebellion in the Internet's history. People from all sides of the political spectrum would be united, the EU and corporate websites would be hacked by Anonymous, etc.

wjfox

Posted 20 June 2018 - 01:39 PM

EU committee approves new rules that could 'destroy the internet as we know it'

2 hours ago

An EU committee has approved two new copyright rules that campaigners warn could destroy the internet as we know it.

The two controversial new rules – known as Article 11 and Article 13 – introduce wide-ranging new changes to the way the web works.

Article 13 has been criticised by campaigners who claim that it could force internet companies to "ban memes". It requires that all websites check posts against a database of copyrighted work, and remove those that are flagged.

That could mean memes – which often use images taken from films or TV shows – could be removed by websites. The system is also likely to go wrong, campaigners say, pointing to previous examples where automated systems at YouTube have taken down a variety of entirely innocent posts.

Smaller sites might not even be able to maintain such a complicated infrastructure for scanning through posts, and therefore might not be able to continue to function, activists claim. Some companies and sites have already had to shut down as a result of the EU's new GDPR data rules.

Sciencerocks

Posted 21 June 2018 - 12:01 AM

Sciencerocks

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Hey Jakob...Maybe instead of giving the rich all the power and control. Maybe just maybe we could agree that a lot of these copy right laws and anti-piracy bs is restrictive to the freedom of 90% of society.

wjfox

Posted 05 July 2018 - 12:48 PM

MEPs have voted to reject a controversial copyright law in its current form, deciding to return to the issue in September.

The law would have put a greater responsibility on individual websites to check for copyright infringements.

But the web's inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee and others had expressed concerns about the proposed rules, which they said threatened internet freedom.

Opponents greeted the decision as a victory.

Julia Reda, a Pirate Party MEP who had campaigned against the legislation tweeted: "Great success: Your protests have worked! The European Parliament has sent the copyright law back to the drawing board."